Reading visit Derby on Saturday and Dillon said: "We've got everything to play for. We've got our Premier League future at stake and we need to win."

Derby's form is even worse than Reading's, so Dillon remains reasonably positive. "I'd rather be going to Derby than Chelsea," he said. "Let's put it this way - if we can't beat Derby, it will be hard to take."

Keane hails Spurs success

Robbie Keane has described Tottenham's win at the weekend, the club's first success in six games, as "scintillating".

However, Keane, playing alongside Darren Bent for a change, did point out a few home truths. "With the team we have, we should be doing better in the league," he said. "That will certainly be the aim for next season."

Madrid track Carvalho

Real Madrid have reportedly held talks with Chelsea defender Ricardo Carvalho. Real sporting director Pedja Mijatovic, in London last week to see Chelsea's Champions League semi-final win over Liverpool, was apparently impressed with the Portuguese.

He is said to have contacted Jorge Mendes, the player's agent, about a possible move.

Bilic extends contract as Croatia manager

Slaven Bilic, one of those tipped as being in line to replace Sven-Goran Eriksson as manager of Manchester City, has signed a new contract with the Croatian football federation, keeping him at the helm of the national side until 2010.

He has also named the 23-man squad that he will take to the European Championship in Switzerland and Austria this summer. It includes Werder Bremen striker Ivan Klasnic, who returned in March after a kidney transplant. The Premier League players involved are new Spurs signing Luka Modric, Portsmouth's Niko Kranjcar and Vedran Corluka, of Manchester City.

Zenit sell out Uefa Cup tickets

Rangers fans without tickets for the Uefa Cup final in Manchester on May 14 will be upset to hear that Zenit St Petersburg intend to take up their full allocation.

In the past, politics has prevented many Russian fans from travelling abroad, but the club have asked for more tickets as their first batch has sold out.

Gattuso snub for Ronaldinho

Gennaro Gattuso insists there is no room for Brazilian playmaker Ronaldinho in AC Milan's side. "We have players with his characteristics," the midfielder said. "There's Pato, there's Kaka, there is also Seedorf. We need a different type of player."